Even then, DC didn’t have a democratically elected local government. So, in 1974, Congress passed the DC Home Rule Act, which ...

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The tactic -- called a pocket rescission -- has been criticized by a handful of Republican senators as it would essentially ...

President Donald Trump already has said he's eyeing an expansion of his law and order campaign to such cities as Baltimore ...

Republicans are licking their chops at the prospect that Senate Democrats will vote to block an extension of President Trump’s federalization of the Washington, D.C., police force, relishing a ...

Tenn., plans to introduce a resolution to remove the 30-day limit on President Donald Trump's control of Washington D.C.'s ...

Fear and confusion are spreading among Washington, DC’s homeless population at the start of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on encampments.

President Trump gains 30-day authority over the DC police force under Home Rule Act, with power to hire and fire department leadership amid public safety and crime concerns.

There have now been more than 100 arrests since Trump began beefing up the federal law enforcement presence in Washington ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will seek long-term federal control of Washington's police force to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital. But Trump can expect a flurry of ...

The Democratic mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, has authority over the city's Metropolitan Police Department. But a ...

Would Republicans be sitting on their hands if a Democratic president were doing everything that Trump is doing? I would hope not, but here we are.